Gray Creeping Germander (Teucrium)

Name: Gray Creeping Germander (Teucrium)
SKU: HC018088
Rating: 4.6 (25 reviews)

2-3" tall x 18-24" wide. Teucrium aroanium (Gray Creeping Germander) blooms with fragrant honey scented pink flowers in summer that are held over equally fragrant thin linear gray leaves. The plant is an excellent small scale groundcover for hot, sunny sites in well drained soil. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).

Zones	5 - 10
Advantages	Bee Friendly Groundcover Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks) Multiplies / Naturalizes Winter Interest Evergreen Fragrant Flower / Foliage Good Rockgarden Or Alpine Plant Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Mature Height	2-3" tall
Mature Spread	18-24" wide
Bloom Time	Late spring to summer
Shipping Details	Shipping begins the week of February 20th, 2023 Learn More…
SKU	HC018088

USDA Hardiness Planting Zones

To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.

If the coldest winter temperature expected in your area is -15°F (zone 5) then any plants rated zones 3-5 will survive the winter temperatures in your area.
If you live in very warm winter areas (zones 9-11) plants with zones 3-4 ratings are not recommended. The lack of freezing winter temperatures do not provide a time for winter dormancy (rest).

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2-3" tall x 18-24" wide. This outstanding Mediterranean Teucrium has been a very impressive performer in our Xeriscape Demonstration Garden these past years. Teucrium aroanium (Gray Creeping Germander) grows into a low mound of thin, silver leaves that form a beautiful backdrop for the honey-scented deep lavender-pink flowers. Shear back 1/3 in mid-spring to reinvigorate established plants. Plant in "lean" well-drained soils and mulch with gravel for best performance. (cutting propagated)

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Associated SKUs	HC018088 HC014740 (Plant - 2.5" Pot) HC018065 (Tray of 32)
Common Name	Gray Creeping Germander (Teucrium)
Botanical Name	Teucrium aroanium
Zones	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Flower Color	Pink
Mature Height	2-3" tall
Mature Spread	18-24" wide
Bloom Time	Late spring to summer
Ships As	Potted Plant
Soil Type	Low Fertility Soil, Well-Drained Soil
Soil Moisture	Waterwise
Advantages	Bee Friendly, Groundcover, Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks), Multiplies / Naturalizes, Winter Interest, Evergreen, Fragrant Flower / Foliage, Good Rockgarden Or Alpine Plant, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Planting Time	Spring / Summer, Fall
Neonicotinoid Free	Yes - Learn More
Ships To Canada	No

Planting Guides

Teucrium (Germander) is a huge family of perennials, herbs and shrubs found world-wide, with the highest concentration of species in the Mediterranean region of Europe and Northern Africa.

Preferred growing conditions:

Plant in sandy or gravel soils, although many species can adapt to well drained loam soils; avoid clay.
Most species are best positioned in a full sun location.
Mulch with gravel or pine needles in dry Western climates. Leave un-mulched in moister climates.
Water regularly the first growing season to establish the plant. Thereafter, only occasional deep watering is needed, when conditions are dry in the heat of summer.
Deadhead the flowers when blooming is finished. Groundcover Teucrium chaemadrys 'Prostratum,' when used as a lawn substitute, can be mowed to deadhead the flower spikes.
Fertilize lightly in the fall with Yum Yum Mix.

Special comments:

Many Teucrium species are evergreen and shouldn't be cut back in the spring. But in late fall, rake off brown tree leaves and other fall debris to keep plants clean and foliage healthy over the winter. In spring, winter killed tips can be sheared off.
Teucrium chaemadrys and T. chaemadrys 'Prostratum' are a zone more cold hardy in dry winter Western climates than in the moist Eastern US.

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Zone	Shipping Status
Zone 2	Shipping begins the week of May 15th, 2023
Zone 3	Shipping begins the week of May 15th, 2023
Zone 4	Shipping begins the week of May 15th, 2023
Zone 5	Shipping begins the week of April 24th, 2023
Zone 6	Shipping begins the week of April 10th, 2023
Zone 7	Shipping begins the week of March 20th, 2023
Zone 8	Shipping begins the week of February 27th, 2023
Zone 9	Shipping begins the week of February 20th, 2023
Zone 10	Shipping begins the week of February 20th, 2023

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